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Dont Be Mad At The Wicked

 

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

 

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Romans 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Psalm 37:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

 

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

James 1:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Proverbs 4:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

 

Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

Revelation 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Jude 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

1 John 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

James 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

2 Timothy 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.

Colossians 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Romans 16:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Romans 12:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Romans 8:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 3:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

Acts 3:1-26:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Matthew 25:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 18:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Daniel 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Daniel 9:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.

Ezekiel 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 18:1-21:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge’? As I live, declares the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die. “If a man is righteous and does what is just and right— ...

Jeremiah 17:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Isaiah 64:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Isaiah 57:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 57:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 57:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness. But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman. Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit, you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ...

Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:1-57:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. ...

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Ecclesiastes 7:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Ecclesiastes 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

Proverbs 25:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Proverbs 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,

Proverbs 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Proverbs 21:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 11:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Proverbs 10:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Proverbs 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Proverbs 10:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

Proverbs 10:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 10:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 10:1-20:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Proverbs 10:1-28:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. ...

Proverbs 3:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Proverbs 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Psalm 146:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Psalm 146:1-149:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, ...

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalm 97:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 84:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 73:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 55:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Psalm 37:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Psalm 37:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 37:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. ...

Psalm 34:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Psalm 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

Psalm 10:1-12:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. ...

Psalm 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Judges 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

Numbers 16:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”

Exodus 21:24-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

 

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.